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Saturday, February 21, 2009

somber yet calming.

“Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.” - Gloria Naylor

Getting Picked Up By Old Men... Is Not the business.

As I approached the entrance of the Downtown Berkeley BART station (on Shattuck Ave) I was approached by a man who was probably in his 50's. I was going to get onto the escalator and he stopped me...

The convo went like this.

Old Man: "Hey, you have 30 cents so I can get on the train."Geraldine: "Sure, actually... I don't have 30 cents, but I can give you a dollar is that coo?" (I was in a generous mood today)... **I then proceed to take money our of my pocket.**Old Man: **he sees a $10 bill** "Oooh. You gon' give me that ten? You're pretty."Geraldine: "Here's a dollar, what's your name?"Old Man: "Steven, can i... can i... Come to the side real quick. You have a phone number that you can give to me?"Geraldine: "I do have a phone number but I cannot give it to you."Old Man: "Why not?"Geraldine: **sticks out her hand to shake his** "It was nice meeting you Steven, have a good day"Old Man: **sticks out a finger for me to shake, since he's holding the dollar in the rest of his hand**

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Just how i remember it...

Last night a friend of mine told me about the "way back machine". The way back machine is an internet archive search engine. Meaning.. You can look up and sometimes see sites that no longer exist. Back in my day of being really conceded and vain, I had a couple sites that were pretty me-centric.

The first was "worldism.com" - everything related to me as a person and as my rap persona.

The second was "feelmygrooves.com" - my artist management company back in the late 90s, early 2000. its a shame that i do not have that domain name anymore considering its more relevant to the now vinyl record store, feel my grooves vinyl.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Meet Wonway...

I've known Wonway since the late 90s, back when we hung with the same circle of people and were both emcees. What's funny is I hadn't found out until within the last 5 months that he was a SUPER DOPE DJ too. We invited him to spin at "the clearing" (photo above - thanks miles)... And I caught his set at "The People". Wow. I'm proud of him and everything he's up to.

Bio...When he's not emceeing with his group Secluded Journalists, his band The Park, or lending his acting talents to places such as Intersection for the Arts or La Peña Cultural Center, Wonway is providing the bay area and beyond with his own distinguishable sound behind the turntables. In his short time back to deejaying on a regular basis, he has already played with Afrika Bambaataa, DJ Eleven, Sake One, the Oakland Faders, & DJ Boogie Blind of the X-ecutioners to name a few. Wonway's selection goes far past the expected HipHop, and regularly dips into Funk, Soul, Salsa, Afro-beat, Jazz, Reggae & more. He holds residencies at "Makossa" with fellow Latin Soul Brother DJ Joe Quixx Tuesdays @ Easy Lounge in Oakland, and the bi-monthly parties "Musiquarium" 1st & 3rd Sundays at Oakland's Water Lounge and "Devil's Pie" 2nd & 4th Thursdays @ Namu Bar in San Francisco.

About Me

i love life and i love people. when i see something that doesn't work, i like to figure out what's missing that would make it work. i stand for people achieving their dreams even if they've given up hope toward them or do not think that it's possible.